Safe to get pregnant with history of Malignant Melanoma/Skin Cancer?

I have been in remission for Malignant Melanoma 2 years as of this month!! It did spread to some of my lymph nodes and my surgeries/treatments are complete and I am under close observation.
Does anyone know anyone who got pregnant after fighting melanoma? My doctor says after you have been cancer free for a few years the risk of relapse is lower, but there isn't really anyway to know for sure.
Any suggestions or stories to share?
My husband and I are looking into our options.

If you become healthy, there is no reason not to have a baby.

Take up where your doctor leaves off. Become proactive in your prevention of cancer, too.


Get parabin free sun screens, because the parabins actually increase cancer risks when exposed to the sun.

The National Cancer Institute launched a 6 million dollar project to study phytochemicals because they snuff out cancer before it begins. Phytochemicals are the pigments on raw fruits and vegetables. Especially cruciferous vegetabls and fiberous fruits, like kiwi, papaya, pineapple, and mango.

Folic acid is plentiful in raw fruits and veggies, too, which is known to prevent birth defects. It aids in the normal development of the fetus.

Because, you and I are no different in the amount of cancer cells that we form every day. Its your immune systems job to keep it at bay every second and it must be fed with healthy things to recover and prevent it from coming back.

Sure, just keep the kid out of the sun, because it is likely he or she will be genetically predisposed to skin cancer.

It's not safe to wake up in the morning with a history of malignant melanoma but that's all the more reason to live while you can. No one has a guarantee that the will live another day so live and do what you can while you have the opportunity and don't let anyone try to scare you from doing anything else. If we all thought of all the bad things that could happen to children no one would ever have another child. Just follow your MD's recommendations.

Pregnancy can be a time of great joy and anticipation. But when a woman is pregnant and suddenly learns she has cancer, it's a surreal clash of emotions, a double-jolt of fear for oneself and the baby.

Jarred from thinking about names for the child, the expectant mother learns new cancer terms: lumpectomy, mastectomy, and drug names of chemotherapy.

Although being pregnant with cancer is rare, breast cancer is the most common cancer in pregnant and postpartum women, occurring in about one in 3,000 pregnancies, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The average patient is between 32 to 38 years of age and, with many women choosing to delay childbearing, it is likely that the incidence of breast cancer during pregnancy will increase.

Breasts Reactive To Estrogen
It is common for pregnant women to develop unusual masses or lumps in their breasts, but it is rare that those masses or lumps turn out to be breast cancer.

"There's an estrogen surge with pregnancy; the breasts are very reactive to estrogen," said Otis Brawley, MD, associate director for cancer control at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta.

So women can expect to feel changes in their breasts during pregnancy.

"Women should always be aware of their breasts through breast self-exams," said Brawley, "be they 21 and not pregnant, or 27 and pregnant, or 50. And then changes that they note should be brought to the attention of a physician."

In some instances the change should just be watched closely, but in others the change may require a biopsy, he said.

Hi there;
I began treatment for malignant melanoma in early 2000 and married in May of that year. I managed to maintain a positive attitude throughout the treatment (after my initial horror.) I simply decided to get on with life. We had our first child in late April 2002. I took great care to have my skin checked regularly (as I had been told that moles and blemishes can change during pregnancy) but nothing sinister happened. In 2005 I had my 5 year check and passed with flying colours. I check my skin every change of season and I have a medical professional check it every 6 months. 3 months ago my husband and I had a second child, so as you can see, life can go on. I know statistically speaking there's a possibility I will have it again, but for now I'm not going to dwell on it. Life is just too rich.
Best wishes to you, and god bless Clare Oliver.
Lisa.

Hey, well I just researched this online, and it is safe for you to have children after you have been free of the malignant Melanoma. Here is a website I got for you, it's got little little stories, not even paragraph size, but their is a response from a cancernetwork, the specializes in Melanoma.